I had a nice online idea, but since I don't have the time (or talent) to do it, i'll give it to you for free.

Why don't you run a car pooling community page? What you do is have people sign-up and register to be a member of the community, which allows people who live near each other and work near each other to car pool. And then you can support that site with promotions and advertisement based on their location. For instance, if you have an SS2 carpooling community, you look around for SS2 businesses, tell them about your website, and ask them to sponsor your site?

Now the good thing is, it will be targeted (meaning SS2 businesses get to target SS2 residents), it fosters a sense of community, alleviates traffic woes, saves people time and money, helps people who just moved into SS2, increase the property and commercial values of the areas and can be a channel for people to meet new acquaintances (but beware of ambush robbers/rapists/psychos).

If you want a partner, gimme a call.

This post has been edited by spanker: Mar 24 2006, 03:15 PM

That's not the kind of thinking you should adopt. You should think how your user database will expand, and how they will be even more dependent on your system. For instance, what if you're only able to car pool in a 1 direction? So you'll need more than just 1 contact. How about pick up points? Drop off points? Or you can even diversify your services to include taxis, whom you can charge a small fee, and then you'll need a section to log complaints/feedbacks.

Be creative.

Which is why the registration part is important. You have to gauge what sort of information will be required in order to pass them as members. Naturally, the more detail you ask, the less people will want to register, so you'll have to find a balance.

i can't be providing a solution to every single question you have, can i? Otherwise I'd be a consultant, and I'd be charging a fee. If you think that idea is feasible, you work out a business model for it, or you sign me up as a partner